Kiryu's English voice actor, Yong Yea, has spoken up about Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth locking NG+ behind a paywall.
VGChartz's Lee Mehr: "As game scripts expand in size and the technology to capture performances improves, blockbuster game companies are under tremendous pressure to get the right fit for a leading role. In some cases, said actor essentially becomes the face of that franchise; their mug may be digitally altered or cropped in select ways, but they're – more or less – in the same spot as a film actor at this point. As a result, there's also a keener interest in how those performers sound if they're replacing somebody else.
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Playing WuKong right now and I would put it on this years list best games. I wouldn’t trick it at the top but towards the top. It’s pretty damn good. I’d kick off World of Warcraft as I hated it when it came out, a too easy version of Everquest with cartoony style.
I just can’t believe we’re taking features from a game and selling it. NG+ should be just as free as pressing start and playing a New Game. It’s $15 to boot, this is just next level dumb to me.
Well they won't get infinite wealth from me because I'm not paying for NG+.
I don't usually bother with NG+ in any game, so I definitely won't be playing for it.
What next? Pay extra if you want easy mode or a high performance mode?
This is the kind of thing that keeps people from buying the game, period. I wont, plenty of other games to play.
Yong's voice acting and response to critisim made me quit watching his channel. If you can't take the heat yourself stop making money off of aiming it at others.
Don't give a damn about what that lousy voice acting hypocrit has to say.
I'm not buying it now until they revert this decision, there's plenty of games coming out. I can wait.